Norfolk International Airport (ORF) delays & on-time performance
Norfolk, Virginia · 30 nonstop destinations · 12 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at ORF right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
80%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.5%
510 flights
Avg arrival delay
18 min
86 min when late
Departed on time
80%
avg taxi-out 17 min
Figures cover 20,186 departures from ORF; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into ORF were on time 75% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Norfolk International Airport (ORF) arrived on time 80% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 2.5% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (85% on time); PSA Airlines was the least (74%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (92% on time); around 6pm did worst (66%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (38%).
Most delayed routes from ORF
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DCA · Washington66%1,040 flts
- FLL · Fort Lauderdale70%419 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth73%979 flts
- DEN · Denver75%636 flts
- LGA · New York76%1,288 flts
- MDW · Chicago76%577 flts
- MCO · Orlando77%801 flts
- ORD · Chicago77%1,899 flts
- PHL · Philadelphia78%830 flts
- BNA · Nashville79%423 flts
Most reliable routes from ORF
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- IAD · Washington90%689 flts
- ATL · Atlanta85%2,941 flts
- BWI · Baltimore85%1,549 flts
- MIA · Miami83%638 flts
- CLT · Charlotte82%2,470 flts
- EWR · Newark82%822 flts
- JFK · New York81%731 flts
- DTW · Detroit80%694 flts
- BOS · Boston80%474 flts
- BNA · Nashville79%423 flts
Best airline at ORF
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 85% | 1.5% | 14 min | 2 | 3,255 |
| United Airlines | 83% | 1.2% | 12 min | 5 | 1,705 |
| American Airlines | 81% | 1.9% | 22 min | 4 | 2,913 |
| Southwest Airlines | 80% | 1.3% | 12 min | 8 | 3,251 |
| Republic Airways | 79% | 5.1% | 18 min | 9 | 3,751 |
| Envoy Air | 77% | 2.1% | 16 min | 5 | 584 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 77% | 1.8% | 24 min | 4 | 379 |
| Frontier Airlines | 75% | 1.9% | 23 min | 4 | 479 |
| PSA Airlines | 74% | 2.9% | 29 min | 4 | 2,916 |
| JetBlue | 74% | 1.3% | 21 min | 3 | 469 |
| Spirit Airlines | 72% | 6.9% | 21 min | 3 | 463 |
| Allegiant Air | 71% | 0.0% | 19 min | 6 | 21 |
Best time to fly out of ORF
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am92%1,162 flts
- 6am88%3,635 flts
- 7am85%951 flts
- 8am86%1,271 flts
- 9am84%648 flts
- 10am86%1,377 flts
- 11am80%1,075 flts
- 12pm82%1,272 flts
- 1pm77%989 flts
- 2pm74%754 flts
- 3pm71%1,259 flts
- 4pm69%956 flts
- 5pm73%1,638 flts
- 6pm66%1,425 flts
- 7pm72%1,194 flts
- 8pm66%466 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft38%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)35%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion23%
- Extreme weather4%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.